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NITED STATES PATENT Frrcn.

JOHN W. NEFF, OF BUOKHANNON, VIRGINIA.

LINEY-CHALKING DEVICE.

SPECIFIGATION 'forming part of Letters-Patent No. 526,937, dated October 2, 1894.

- Applicatioufiled April 16,1894. SerialNo- 507,781. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: ib has a toothed periphery b One end of Be it known that 1, JOHN W. NEFF, resid ;the shaft b is projected and has secured ing at Buckhannon, in the county of Upshur thereto a crank member as shown. and State of West Virginia, have invented a D'indicates a handle member secured to new and Improved Line-Ohalking Device, of the rear end of the frame and E a chalk car- 55 which the following is a specification. Erier or reel, which is journaled in front of the My invention is in the nature of a comreel B, and which comprisesashaftF to which bined chalk line reel and chalker, for carpen- Bis fixedly connected a toothed member 12*. ters uses, and it primarily has for its object This shaft F has one end threaded as at f, on

to provide a simple and inexpensive device which is fitted a threaded adjusting screw H, 60 of this kind which will effectively, and in a ;which is held to bear against the hubj, of simple manner accomplish the desired pur- ,disk member J held to slide 'on the shaft as pose. imost clearly shown in Fig. 3.

It has also for its object to provide a device 1 K indicates a piece of chalk centrally aperof this kind which can be easily manipulated, jtured and fitted on the shaft F, which is held 65 which, while serving as a holding reel for the pressed together against the disk member 12 cord will also serve as a line fastener or seby the member J and screw H. At the front curer to hold the line after it is chalked, at end of the frame is a notched projection L any desired point from which the mark is to which forms a means for holding the line to be made. a fixed point after being chalked as will be 70 With other minor objects in view and which presently more fully described. hereinafter will be referred to the invention By referring to Fig. 1 the manner in which consists in such peculiar combination and my improved device operates will be most novel arrangement of parts, such as will be clearly understood, and such operation is best 2 5 first described in detail and then be specifiexplained as follows: The free end of the line 7 5 oally pointed out in the appended claims, refis made fast, and passed over the chalk, such erence being had to the accompanying drawline being wound on the reel in the manner ings, in which shown. The operator holding the device in Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved his left hand, bears the chalk against the line 0 line holding and chalking device. Fig. 2 is and unwinds the reel, keeping the line in con- 80 a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a tact with the chalk. After the desired length transverse section of the same on the line of line has been chalked, the device is turned 3-3 Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a side view of the toaposition shown in Fig. 4, when the notched same in position for holding the line to a demember L, bears against the line and holds 5 sired point. the inner end while the operator snaps the 85 Y My improved device comprises essentially same. a rectangular frame having at one end a han- By providing a slidable clamp member the (110, and having journaled thereina line reel chalk portion can be the more securely held and a chalk holding reel or shaft, which reels in place and clamped after it becomes worn.

are geared to operate together, and are oper- Having thus described my invention, what 0 ated by a crank secured to the line reel shaft. I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- Referring to the accompanying drawings ent, is by letter, A indicates the frame formed pref- 1. Acombined line holderand chalker, comerably of two sections secured together by prising a supporting frame, having a longiscrews, whereby the reel shaft can the more tudinally rearwardly projecting handle,aline 5 conveniently be journaled therein. This reel journaled transversely in such frame adframe it will be noticed, is somewhat conjacent the handle end,andachalk holdingreel tracted at its rear end and in such contracted j ournaled in front of and parallel to the reel portion is journaled a line reel B, formed of shaft, all arranged substantially as shown a shaft b, and end disks 1) 12 one of which, whereby after the free end of the line is fas- :00

tened, by grasping the handle and bearing the chalkagainst the line, such line will be chalked as it is reeled out as specified.

2. As an improvement in line holders and chalkers, in combination with line holding and chalking means substantially as shown, of a supporting frame therefor, having a handle at one end, and a notched projection at the other end, all arranged substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

3. An improved chalk line holder and chalker, comprising a main frame having a longitudinally rearwardly extending handle, line holding means supported in such frame arranged to feed the line longitudinally outward from the handle end, and a longitudinal forward projecting notched member on the front end of the frame as and for the purposes specified.

4. An improved chalk line holder and chalker, comprising a supporting frame, a line reel journaled transversely in the rear end thereof, ahandle member projected rearwardly from such end of the frame, said reel having an outwardly projecting crank handle, a chalk holding reel j ournaled in front of and parallel with the line reel, and anotched member projected forward from the chalk reel end of the frame all arranged substantially as shown and described.

5. An improved chalk line holder and chalker, consisting of a main frame havinga hand hold at one end, a line reel journaled in such end having an operating crank handle and the opposite end having anotched projection, said reel having a toothed disk, a chalk holding shaft journaled with the line reel, said shaft having a fixed toothed disk geared with the line reel toothed disk, and a threaded section, a chalk disk loosely held on the shaft, a presser disk loosely held on such shaft and an adjustable thumb screw on the threaded end of such shaft all arranged substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

6. An improved chalk line holder and chalker comprising a frame, having a project: ing handle at one end, a line reel journaled transversely in the frame at the handle end, having its shaft projected at one side and provided with a crank handle, a chalk reel journaled in front of and parallel with the line reel, and gear mechanism connecting such line and chalk reels whereby the chalk will be rotated .reversely to the feed of the line, substantially as shown and described.

JOHN W. NEFF.

Witnesses:

J. J. NEWLON, A. J. BOREMAN, Jr. 

